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1. 1. Attack on Tory school plans

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 June 2004 TORY plans to give parents more choice on schools have been attacked by Labour.

2. 2. Raise income tax by 1p - survey

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 June 2004 THE public would pay an extra penny on income tax to fund affordable childcare for all, a survey claimed today. The poll for the national childcare campaign group, the Daycare Trust, revealed that 53% of those questioned would pay extra tax.

3. 3. Plan to close 550 benefit offices

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 June 2004 MORE than 500 benefit offices across the UK are to close under controversial plans to axe 30,000 civil service jobs, union leaders have warned. The Public & Commercial Services Union (PCS) said it was "shocked" to learn that 550 benefit offices and 10 pension centres will close.

4. 4. £50 fines for pigeon feeders

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 June 2004 TEAMS of council enforcers are issuing '50 on-the-spot fines to bird lovers caught feeding pigeons. Litter louts in Bolton face fines as well as dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets - now the penalties have been extended to anyone caught feeding pigeons.

5. 5. Ghost of a chance for pupils at school of hope

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 June 2004 YOUNGSTERS who might find the going tough at lessons are being given a ghost of a chance to succeed at a "school" that doesn't really exist. Manchester now has a virtual "school" for truants, tearaways and the city's new arrivals.

6. 6. Extra cash for maths teachers

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 June 2004 EDUCATION Secretary Charles Clarke is to offer maths graduates a host of incentives in a bid to increase teacher numbers and head off a recruitment crisis in the subject.

7. 7. Arndale joins truancy battle

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 June 2004 SECURITY guards at Manchester Arndale Centre are to get tough on truants by reporting them to education bosses. Guards will have the right to stop and question all school-age children in the centre during school hours.

8. 8. Schools out for Nord Anglia in £11.9m deal

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 June 2004 CHEADLE-based education and training firm Nord Anglia has sold its UK schools for '11.9m. The company, which is now the nursery-place market leader in the UK and runs the elite Princess Christian nursery chain, announced earlier this year that it intended to dispose of its UK schools division because it is no longer core to its strategy.

9. 9. Lord Mayor's sister act

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 June 2004 MANCHESTER'S new Lord Mayor grew up as the only boy in a family of a dozen sisters. Tom O'Callaghan was reunited with all his siblings when he took over the ceremonial chain yesterday. Two of the sisters flew in from America to witness their brother's special day.

10. 10. Building for Free

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 June 2004 A CONSULTING engineers is leading an initiative to build a '1 million community-focused construction project for free.

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